Academic Profile : Faculty
Assoc Prof Wu Guiying Laura
Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences
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2019/02 Associate Professor in Economics, School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University
2009/08 Assistant Professor in Economics, School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University
2009/07 DPhil in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford
(with Edgeworth Prize for Outstanding DPhil thesis)
2006/06 MPhil in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford
(with Distinction)
2004/06 MA in Economics (uncompleted), Department of Economics, Fudan University
2002/06 BA in Economics, Department of Economics, Fudan University
2009/08 Assistant Professor in Economics, School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University
2009/07 DPhil in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford
(with Edgeworth Prize for Outstanding DPhil thesis)
2006/06 MPhil in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford
(with Distinction)
2004/06 MA in Economics (uncompleted), Department of Economics, Fudan University
2002/06 BA in Economics, Department of Economics, Fudan University
My current research centers on the effects of various distortions and frictions on firms' investment and financing behavior and their implications to economic development and resource allocation. Although such research questions have been interesting economists for a long time, the key challenge is to distinguish the distortions/frictions of our interest from the fundamentals that determine firms’ productivity or demand. The emphasis of my research is to design identification strategies in a structural econometric approach, which aims to estimate distortions/frictions and fundamentals simultaneously. It thus addresses the most challenging issues in using observational data — endogeneity and selection bias, and offers a quantitative economic laboratory for counterfactuals and welfare analyses.
I’m also genuinely interested in topics on Chinese economy, for example how industrialization, globalization and urbanization serve as the three growth engines for China, and how the local governments play a role in development under the regionally decentralized authoritarianism.
I’m also genuinely interested in topics on Chinese economy, for example how industrialization, globalization and urbanization serve as the three growth engines for China, and how the local governments play a role in development under the regionally decentralized authoritarianism.
- Estimating the Cost of Capital Market Distortions: Evidence of Chinese Overseas IPOs
- Estimation and Robust Inference of Panel Data Models with Common Factors with Applications to Macroeconomic Data
- How ICT Infrastructure Affects Productivity and Employment?
- Mandatory vs voluntary ESG disclosure, efficiency and real effects
- Nonstationary and Dynamic Panel Data Models with Multiple Structural Changes with Applications to Climate Change